Ahead of last weekend’s game against Mississippi State, Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian was reminded by an analyst on his staff that his Longhorns had never gone into a bye with an undefeated record.
Sure enough, Texas was 4-3 before it got some time off during Sarkisian’s first year in Austin in 2021. The Longhorns then went 5-3 before their bye in 2022. Texas was 15 seconds away from taking a 6-0 record into last season’s bye, but a late Oklahoma touchdown pass at the Cotton Bowl spoiled those plans.
But that analyst need not worry. Texas took care of the visiting Bulldogs in Week 5 and is 5-0 with a bye on this week’s schedule.
“I think everybody would probably agree there’s nothing like going into a bye coming off of a win as an undefeated team. That’s always something that you strive for,” said Sarkisian, whose team doesn’t play again until it faces Oklahoma in Dallas on Oct. 12.
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Texas Head Coach Steve Sarkisian watches his team warm up ahead of the Texas Longhorns’ game against the ULM Warhawks at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Sept. 21, 2024.
What will the bye week look like at Texas? Instead of practicing Monday, Texas just held its typical meetings and lifted weights. The team will practice and start its prep work for Oklahoma on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Aside from a lift Friday morning, the players will have the entire weekend off.
Sarkisian and the Texas coaches will use the weekend to recruit. Since Texas has another bye scheduled for after the Vanderbilt game Oct. 26, the coaching staff won’t have to make it to every high school on its recruiting map.
“We’re trying to be really diligent with the areas of which we’re attacking (recruiting) and being very strategic in that approach,”…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2024-09-30 21:17:01
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